Its been done... A lot. A whole lot. By every frickin' winner ever.

It stupid, it may have been cute at one time a long time ago.

Now its just stupid. Stop it.

At least they are biting their own medals.

https://www.independent.co.uk/...-medal-b1897621.html

Its called tradition . Im fine with that. What I don't like is listening to them talk. Don't care!!!!

I have no issue with it…

It’s their moment, they can pose how they want.

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
At least they are biting their own medals.

https://www.independent.co.uk/...-medal-b1897621.html

Ok, that's funny

It may be tradition but agree that it's still stupid and superficial and unbecoming of a true athlete.

But whatever, I didn't watch the O and didn't even know that they were doing it.

Bite, don't bite, lick, use it to spread jam on toast, I could care less what they do with it. They won it, it's now theirs.

Just please leave politics and personal bullshit out of it!

Maybe they are practicing for next year when all the medals are made in China.

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Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
Its been done... A lot. A whole lot. By every frickin' winner ever.

It stupid, it may have been cute at one time a long time ago.

Now its just stupid. Stop it.

Most people think it has to do with checking for gold content...which is a bit amusing because the medals aren't gold. They are 92%+ silver (like the Silver medals) and plated in gold (>6 grams, by regulations)

My understanding of the reason you'll see winners biting their medals is because photographers ask them to "do something"...in addition to just holding their medals

It's their time. Let them enjoy it, as long as it is respectful.

The practice dates back to the late 19th Century. Counterfeit gold coins were a problem from about the Civil War era to the Depression years. The real US gold coins were 22K (roughly 90% pure) and could easily be marked with the teeth, whereas the typical counterfeits were made of lesser metals and gold plated, thus considerably harder.

Biting the coin is essentially a way of saying "Is this real?" In the context of the Olympics, the athletes are demonstrating the surreal nature of achieving a difficult goal after many years of effort.

Also probably being prompted by the media photographers looking for another shot to be publicized.

I think we all know what the biting thing is all about , but it does look goofy . But , it's their medal and their photo .

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Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
Its been done... A lot. A whole lot. By every frickin' winner ever.

It stupid, it may have been cute at one time a long time ago.

Now its just stupid. Stop it.

It appears to have stopped.


Until this winter.

They earned it, they can do whatever the hell they please with it. If that means biting it so what? Why should it bother you?